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Harman Agrees to Buy Newsweek Magazine From Washington Post. The price: 1 USD.

Harman Agrees to Buy Newsweek Magazine From Washington Post. The price: 1 USD.

Sidney Harman, the founder of Harman International Industries Inc. (the Harman Kardon and JBL brands maker), agreed to buy Newsweek magazine from Washington Post, ending a three-month bidding process for the money-losing publication.

Harman Agrees to Buy Newsweek Magazine From Washington Post. The price: 1 USD.
Exiting ABC entertainment chief target of alleged sexual harassment probe
Exiting ABC entertainment chief target of alleged sexual harassment probe
Steve McPherson resigned from ABC as the company conducted an internal sexual harassment investigation of the executive, according to a source.
Rupert Murdoch to White House: No free news
Rupert Murdoch to White House: No free news
It looks like Rupert Murdoch has finally figured out a way to make the White House pay — literally. The Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has jacked up the rate it charges the administration’s news clipping service by a jaw-dropping $600,000 per year — and ...
CNN Editor Fired for Saying She Has "Respect" for Hezbollah Cleric
CNN Editor Fired for Saying She Has "Respect" for Hezbollah Cleric
Mediaite reports that CNN has fired senior editor of Middle East affairs Octavia Nasr. As Daniel Halper pointed out the other day, Nasr wrote on Twitter on July 4 that she was "sad" to hear of the death of Hezbollah's Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah--a ma...
Rupert Murdoch Offers Freebies in Pursuit of Paywall Readers
Rupert Murdoch Offers Freebies in Pursuit of Paywall Readers
The Times, the London newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., is offering free tickets to Toy Story 3 or the chance of a weekend at the Grosvenor Hotel in Dorset to persuade readers to pay for news online.
Al-Jazeera anchorwomen 'quit in clothing spat'
Al-Jazeera anchorwomen 'quit in clothing spat'
Five female news presenters at the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera satellite television channel have resigned over conflicts with management over dress code and other issues, a journalist there said on Sunday.
Washington Post Co. looking to sell Newsweek
Washington Post Co. looking to sell Newsweek
The Washington Post Co. is putting Newsweek up for sale in hopes that another owner can figure out how to stem losses at the 77-year-old weekly magazine.
Big Paydays for the Chiefs in the Media
Big Paydays for the Chiefs in the Media
The media industry may be going through some rough times, with the landscape changing day to day, but at least one aspect is business as usual: big paydays for the people at the top.
Harman Agrees to Buy Newsweek Magazine From Washington Post. The price: 1 USD.
Harman Agrees to Buy Newsweek Magazine From Washington Post. The price: 1 USD.
Sidney Harman, the founder of Harman International Industries Inc. (the Harman Kardon and JBL brands maker), agreed to buy Newsweek magazine from Washington Post, ending a three-month bidding process for the money-losing publication.

News Corp.'s Fox, Time Warner Cable strike deal to keep signals on

News Corp.'s Fox, Time Warner Cable strike deal to keep signals on

Media giant News Corp. struck a new deal that will keep its Fox-owned television stations -- including KTTV Channel 1...

News Corp.'s Fox, Time Warner Cable strike deal to keep signals on

Adding Fees and Fences on Media Sites

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation charges for access to The Wall Street Journal and could do the same on Hulu.

Over more than a decade, consumers became accustomed to the sweet, steady flow of free news, pictures, videos and mus...

Adding Fees and Fences on Media Sites

White House Aide: Fox News Is 'A Wing Of The Republican Party'

WH Communications Director Anita Dunn

Attacking the news media is a time-honored White House tactic but to an unusual degree, the Obama administration has ...

White House Aide: Fox News Is 'A Wing Of The Republican Party'

Two bidders visit Boston Globe; third group may drop out

Stephen Taylor’s group has bid $35 million for the Globe.

Two potential buyers of The Boston Globe visited the newspaper in the past five days - one a group headed by Stephen ...

Two bidders visit Boston Globe; third group may drop out

Fox News' Glenn Beck loses advertisers after calling Obama a racist

Fox News' Glenn Beck loses advertisers after calling Obama a racist

Some of the nation's biggest advertisers are distancing themselves from Fox News host Glenn Beck after he called Pres...

Fox News' Glenn Beck loses advertisers after calling Obama a racist

New York City Starts Program to Foster Entrepreneurial New Media

New York City Starts Program to Foster Entrepreneurial New Media

Fearing that technology will do to the city’s media industry what exotic derivatives have done to Wall Street, Mayor ...

New York City Starts Program to Foster Entrepreneurial New Media